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KABUL - The United Nations Security Council will meet in New York today, 30 June, to discuss progress and challenges in Afghanistan. The meeting, a regular quarterly session on Afghanistan, follows a visit by the full…

30 June 2010 - About 50 staff members, including women, of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) began registering voters in the country’s east for the parliamentary elections to be held in September. Sulimanzai…

29 June 2010 - The World Bank approved a $40 million grant to the Government of Afghanistan today to support the Third National Solidarity Program (NSP III). NSP III builds upon the achievements of the first two phases of the…

29 June 2010 - The United Nations confirms that a shooting took place late this morning in Kabul, involving one UN vehicle and two United Nations personnel. Tragically, one United Nations staff member, an Afghan national, was…

NEW YORK - Mr President, Members of the Security Council, Thank you very much, Mr President, it is a great pleasure to see you here again after your mission. Pashto Dari I would like to take this opportunity to elaborate on…

28 June 2010 - With the Security Council visiting Kabul, media attention shifted to the call to de-list names from the so-called “1267 blacklist.” Chair of the 1267 committee, Austrian Permanent Representative to the United…

24 June 2010 - Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today told journalists that UNAMA is not reducing its international personnel. Responding to media queries at a press…

28 June 2010 - Sahadat Karimi walks to the stage, past the sofas where officials are seated, and retrieves a large colorful parcel from the hands of Herat’s director of the Department of Women Affairs (DWA). She pauses…

28 June 2010 - For the last four months, 15-year-old Firouzan has been learning to read and write with 20 other women from Khale Jan, a small village on the outskirts of Herat city. This is the second time Firouzan has…

UN News Centre (New York) 24 June 2010 - Members of the Security Council wrapped up their visit to Afghanistan today, voicing their continued support for the country’s efforts to build a lasting peace and stressing the need…

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KABUL - We are at the beginning of a process where Afghan institutions are running their own elections and doing this for the first time. We are at the beginning of a process where Afghan institutions are running their own…